Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon, Wisconsin Looking north in downtown Ripon Looking north in downtown Ripon Ripon, Wisconsin is positioned in Wisconsin Ripon, Wisconsin - Ripon, Wisconsin Location inside the state of Wisconsin State Wisconsin County Fond du Lac Ripon [ p n] is a town/city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
The town/city is surrounded by the Town of Ripon.
Ripon, titled for the English cathedral town/city of Ripon, North Yorkshire, by John S.
Ripon was officially established as a town/city in 1849 by David P.
Within two years the town/city had combined the close-by commune of Ceresco, established in 1844 by the Wisconsin Phalanx, a group of pioneer inspired by the communitarian socialist philosophy of Charles Fourier.
Mapes was a founder of Ripon College, originally incorporated as Brockway College in 1851. The Little White Schoolhouse of Ripon, listed on the List of Registered Historic Places Meeting at a school home in Ripon on February 28, 1854, some 30 opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act called for the organization of a new political party (to link their cause with the Declaration of Independence).
The undivided Ripon Society, a Republican think tank, takes its name from Ripon, Wisconsin.
Ripon is positioned in the northwest corner of Fond du Lac County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.02 square miles (13.00 km2), of which, 4.97 square miles (12.87 km2) is territory and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water. Ripon lies in the Sinnipee Group, a geologic formation composed primarily of dolostone, with limestone as a secondary modern type.
Ripon's bedrock is primarily limestone.
The limestone indicates that Ripon's locale was once a shallow sea.
Since Ripon is on the Sinnipee Group, it is a Karst surrounding.
Ripon also lies in an region that was affected by a several glaciation periods.
As of the census of 2010, there were 7,733 citizens , 3,053 homeholds, and 1,769 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.7% White, 0.7% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 2.6% from other competitions, and 0.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,053 homeholds of which 27.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 45.3% were married couples residing together, 8.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.1% were non-families.
36.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.7% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 37.2 years.
20.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 17.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.8% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.72% White, 0.19% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.86% from other competitions, and 0.57% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,922 homeholds out of which 28.6% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 48.8% were married couples residing together, 8.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families.
34.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.0% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $37,399, and the median income for a family was $51,100.
About 4.4% of families and 6.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.
Ripon is served by Wisconsin 23, Wisconsin 44 and Wisconsin 49 of the state highway system.
Wis 23 heads east to Rosendale and Fond du Lac.
Fond du Lac County Hwy E also serves town.
National Forensic League command posts in Ripon Ripon College is a liberal arts college in Ripon.
Anders, Medal of Honor recipient, visited college and died in Ripon.
Jacob, founder of the National Forensic League, though born in the close-by town of Valders, lived in Ripon most of his life Gordon Selfridge, founder of London-based Selfridges department store, was born in Ripon Soper, Wisconsin State Assemblyman William Starr, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Clarissa Tucker Tracy American botanist, taught at Ripon College, studied the small-town flora for 30 years and died in Ripon Otto Julius Zobel, inventor of the m-derived filter and the Zobel network, was born and raised in Ripon Ripon, California Named after Ripon, Wisconsin.
Looking west in downtown Ripon Ripon sign looking east on WIS 23 History of Ripon, Wisconsin "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Ripon's hometown girl Jeanne Bice dies at 71".
Ripon Press.
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